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Sunlight floods in through windows in the vaulted main room of New York City's Grand Central Terminal, illuminating the main concourse,

ticket windows and information kiosk. Photo taken ca. 1935-1941

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Aerial view of New York City, looking north, on December 16, 1951

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28th Street Looking east from Second Avenue, on April 4, 1931

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Meeker Avenue Bridge under construction, looking south,

showing Brooklyn approach, on June 29, 1939

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Shadows are cast beneath the Brooklyn Bridge,

seen from a stable roof, on May 6, 1918

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A worker on the Brooklyn Bridge, on November 19, 1928

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Markus Mercury Wheel Club, Flushing Race

Track, bicyclists ready to race in June of 1894

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Original City Hall subway station, IRT

Lexington Avenue Line, in 1904

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Coney Island looking east from Steeplechase Pier showing Sunday bathers, crowd on beach, on July 30, 1922

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A two-horse team street cleaner, with sprayer, squeegee, and roller at rear

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An experimental exposure made on the

Queensboro Bridge, on February 9, 1910

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Italian vegetable sidewalk stand, on Bleeker Street, near Church of Our Lady of Pompeii, in August of 1937

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Lower Manhattan skyline at night, seen from either the Staten Island Ferry or Governor's Island, in February of 1938

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Hayden Planetarium, American Museum of Natural History, West 81st St, between Columbus Avenue and Central Park West

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Red Hook Swimming Pool, Clinton, Bay & Henry Streets, Brooklyn. Bathers as far as the eye can see

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Queensboro Bridge under construction, on August 8, 1907

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The Queensboro Bridge, showing reconstruction of tracks looking east, on November 22, 1929

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A one-legged newspaper boy and other "newsies",

on Delancey Street, on December 26, 1906

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New York Police Department evidence photo, homicide scene. Joe

Kellner, 404 East 54th Street, murdered in hallway, on January 7, 1916

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Powell House at 195th Street and 58th Avenue North, Queens, on May 20, 1941

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Times Square theaters by day, in New York City. The Times Building, Loew's Theatre, Hotel Astor, Gaiety Theatre and

other landmarks are featured in this January, 1938

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An aerial view of the Statue of Liberty in New York Harbor, on January 27, 1965

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A view from the Williamsburg Bridge, looking west, showing congested traffic in Manhattan, on January 29, 1923

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Painters suspended on cables of the

Brooklyn Bridge, on October 7, 1914

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A Hooverville in Brooklyn, ca. 1930-1932. The area is now Red Hook Park in Brooklyn

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New York Police Department Evidence photo. Homicide victim - overhead view, ca.

1916-1920. At the corners, note the legs of the tripod supporting

the camera above the body

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A Subway Road Comes up for air in Brooklyn -- in background, a view of Manhattan from subway elevated

tracks, 8th Street, Brooklyn, New York, on March 21, 1938

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Yankee Stadium, Yankees on the field during a game, ca. 1935-1947

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A man reads a newspaper on New York's 6th Ave. and 40th St, with the headline: "Nazi Army Now

75 Miles From Paris.", on May 18, 1940

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New York Fire Department demonstration of a steam pumper converted from horse-drawn to motor-driven, at 12th Avenue and 56th Street

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Men cut ice from Kissena Lake in Queens, ca. 1860-1900

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Children and adults with herd of sheep in the Sheep Meadow in Central Park, New York City, ca. 1900-1910

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Manhattan Bridge, under-construction, seen from the roof of Robert Gair Building, showing suspenders and saddles, on February 11, 1909

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Aboard a police boat on October 10, 1934, New York Mayor Fiorello LaGuardia hacks away at confiscated slot machines about to be destroyed and dumped into New York harbor

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A view down an alley, as rows and rows of laundry hang from tenements ca. 1935-1941. Seen looking west from 70 Columbus Avenue or Amsterdam Avenue at 63nd Street

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A crowded street market under New York City Rail Road tracks, looking south on Park

Avenue from 123rd Street in June of 1932

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A night view of Midtown Manhattan, looking south from Madison Avenue and the 50's, ca. 1935-1941

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Amid road construction, the Hudson Diner advertises "Tables for Ladies" on November 20,

1929, on Marginal Street, looking east from 125th Street

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Ninth Avenue El trains with passengers on 2 levels of tracks, 66th Street El station in background, in October of 1933. Photo taken on

Columbus Avenue, northwest of Lincoln Square & 65th Street

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The S.S. Normandie, seen from a Staten Island ship steaming through upper bay on its way to a river pier built for it, ca. 1935-1941

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A view of the city from the Brooklyn Tower of the Brooklyn Bridge, on April 24, 1933

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A view of the city from the New York tower of George Washington Bridge, 168th Street & Hudson River, on December 22, 1936

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Fire Boats fight a blaze at Grace Line Pier 57, West 15th St, near the National Biscuit Co. building

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Members of the New York Fire Department attend to a fire victim

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The "Well", US Signal Corps Army Base Terminal, Port of Embarkation. Ration cases from crate cars are hoisted to warehouse bins for storage, ca. 1945-1946

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Water from firefighters' hoses freezes on the side of adjoining buildings

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Interior view of the Interborough Rapid Transit Company (IRT) subway powerhouse, 58th to 59th Street, ca. 1904

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42nd Street, looking west from 2nd Avenue. Chrysler Building at top right, "News Tavern" "Goblet Bar" at lower right, ca. 1935-1941

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Brooklyn Bridge painters at work high above the city, on December 3, 1915

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Aftermath of a collision on an elevated rail track

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The Queensboro Bridge, leading to Manhattan, seen on May 1, 1912

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A motorman operates a trolley cars near

Williamsburg Bridge, on September 25, 1924

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